Archive · 7 Nov 2025
Wanted criminal with Rs 50,000 bounty shot dead in UP encounter
Police in Uttar Pradesh were investigating a crime when they got a tip about some criminals running away.
Special forces and local police set up a roadblock.
When the criminals saw the police, they started shooting.
The police shot back to protect themselves.
One criminal, who was wanted and had a bounty on his head, was hit by a bullet and later died at the hospital.
Three other criminals got away.
Police are now looking for them and found evidence like bullet shells at the scene.
A wanted criminal, Wakib alias Wakif, was killed in an encounter with the Special Task Force (STF) in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Wakib carried a cash reward of Rs 50,000 and had approximately 44 criminal cases registered against him.
The encounter took place near the Jokhara bridge when joint police teams intercepted a group of criminals.
During the exchange of fire, Wakib sustained bullet injuries and later succumbed to them at the district hospital.
Three accomplices of the deceased criminal managed to escape, and a combing operation is underway to apprehend them.
- Who
- Wakib alias Wakif, a wanted criminal with a Rs 50,000 bounty
- What
- Shot dead in an encounter with Special Task Force (STF) and police
- When
- Friday
- Where
- Near Jokhara bridge in the Rounapar police station area of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- The criminal opened fire on police when intercepted, leading to a retaliatory exchange of fire.
- Deceased Name
- Wakib alias Wakif
- Age
- 27
- Reward Amount
- Rs 50,000
- Criminal Cases
- ~44
- Location of Encounter
- Jokhara bridge, Rounapar police station area, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
- Agencies Involved
- Lucknow STF, Azamgarh SWAT, Sidhari police